The Master

A striking portrait of drifters and seekers in post World War II America, Paul Thomas Anderson’s THE MASTER unfolds the journey of a Naval veteran (Joaquin Phoenix) who arrives home from war unsettled and uncertain of his future – until he is tantalized by The Cause and its charismatic leader (Philip Seymour Hoffman).

Weinstein, himself, has some thoughts … and shoulders some of the blame. In a candid conversation with Deadline, the bullish studio executive admits that he “probably could have marketed it better,”...